On the sixteenth day of Fishmas…

Great Lakes researcher Katie O’Reilly (@DrKatFish on Twitter), is featuring a fish every day in December. Image: Katie O’Reilly

Great Lakes researcher Katie O’Reilly created a new holiday celebrated on Twitter with the hashtag “#25DaysofFishmas.” It’s a hat’s off to Great Lakes fish — a group of animals that O’Reilly said are often out of sight and out of mind.

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